Re: [SLE] Disappearing mouse cursor



On Saturday 26 August 2006 11:16, Paul Abrahams wrote:
I don't think I have two screensavers going.

I think the conflict I had was between xscreensaver and gnome-screensaver...
both had been installed and enabled by default at installation. It's easy
enough to check, of course:

carl@linux:~> ps ax | grep saver
5287 ? Ss 0:26 gnome-screensaver

I'll try the "init 3" trick next time I lose the cursor, since I expect no
trouble in getting to another console.

Tip: If the only time you're having trouble with your mouse (pointer gone) is
when the screensaver activates, you can always try switching from one
screensaver program to another. In my case, I disabled and uninstalled
xscreensaver and configured gnome-screensaver to my tastes. I could just as
easily have done the reverse if gnome-screensaver wasn't working correctly
with my hardware.

Carl

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